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Study: Many heavy kids think they're normal weight 07/23/2014 06:40am • NEW YORK (AP) -- A new government study says many kids don't have an accurate idea of their own weight, and many of them are obese young people who view themselves as normal.The report is noteworthy because it comes from a federal survey that not only interviews kids, but weighs and measures them. S Jerry putting behind bullying scandal 07/23/2014 03:30am • EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Surrounded by more media than an offensive lineman normally attracts, John Jerry knew what questions were coming.He'd have preferred to be asked about the task of making the New York Giants roster and perhaps even starting. He even got some of those queries.The main foc Working late in life, directors refuse to say cut 07/23/2014 02:00am • The Associated Press Visiting a retired Frank Capra at his Sierra Nevada hideaway, Clint Eastwood was baffled."I always thought: 'He could be making a film right now. He's as lucid as could be. Here's the great Frank Capra not doing it,'" Eastwood recalled of the famed director, who died in 1991 at Ackman goes after Herbalife's nutrition clubs 07/22/2014 08:00pm • KEN SWEET AP Markets Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Activist investor Bill Ackman once again denounced weight loss and nutritional supplements company Herbalife as a pyramid scheme, but Wall Street shrugged off his criticism and sent the company's stock soaring 25 percent Tuesday.In a three-hour presentati Smith sets 'bigger and stronger' edict for Falcons 07/22/2014 07:31pm • ATLANTA (AP) -- Mike Smith didn't like seeing the Atlanta Falcons pushed around in 2013.After the Falcons' first losing season in six years with Smith, the coach set the agenda for the offseason."We want to be a bigger and stronger football team," Smith said.The team's offseason additions, including Chrysler recalls Jeep SUVs for ignition switches 07/22/2014 07:30pm • DETROIT (AP) -- The ignition switch defects that engulfed General Motors are now a rapidly growing problem at Chrysler.Chrysler said Tuesday it is recalling up to 792,300 older Jeep SUVs worldwide because the ignition switches could fall out of the "run" position, shutting off the engine and disabli US stocks climb as earnings reports roll in 07/22/2014 04:31pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Solid earnings for a range of big companies helped nudge the stock market higher on Tuesday.The restaurant chain Chipotle Mexican Grill and the cable giant Comcast surged after reporting better results than Wall Street expected."The news today is pretty good," said JJ Kinahan, chief Ford says new F-150 can compete with rivals 07/22/2014 04:10pm • DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) -- Ford says its aluminum-sided F-150 pickup will hold its own against rivals despite its lighter weight.The company revealed details of the new truck Tuesday. The 2015 F-150 4x4 goes on sale this fall and is 732 pounds lighter than the outgoing model.Ford's base truck with a 3. Bills DT Dareus to enter substance abuse program 07/22/2014 03:18pm • JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) -- Bills defensive tackle Marcell Dareus agreed to enter an NFL substance abuse program in a bid to have felony drug charges in Alabama dismissed, his attorney said on Monday.Rod Giddens wrote in an email to The Associated Press that Dareus was allow How to lose weight while you're asleep 07/22/2014 12:35pm • Nicole Curtis, special to wtop.com WASHINGTON - Eight hours of sleep is essential for good health but there is another fact that you should know: lowering your thermostat while you are asleep might help you burn some fat. A new study shows that cooler bedrooms could transform a person's brown-f LSU freshman tackle injured punching glass 07/22/2014 10:29am • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- LSU freshman defensive tackle Trey Lealaimatafao might not be able to play this season after he injured his arm punching through glass in the Tigers' weight room.LSU spokesman Michael Bonnette says Lealaimatafao was hospitalized Monday to treat a deep cut to his arm. School Beef pollutes more than pork, poultry, study says 07/22/2014 01:49am • SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Raising beef for the American dinner table does far more damage to the environment than producing pork, poultry, eggs or dairy, a new study says.Compared with the other animal proteins, beef produces five times more heat-trapping gases per calorie Ackman says he can prove Herbalife is a 'fraud' 07/21/2014 05:57pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman said he will hold a presentation Tuesday that will prove nutrition company Herbalife is a "fraud."The announcement sent shares of Herbalife down more than 11 percent in trading Monday.Ackman, the head of Pershing Square Capital Management, has been bat Teen's death puts focus on caffeine powder dangers 07/21/2014 05:12pm • ANN SANNER Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A few weeks before their prom king's death, students at an Ohio high school had attended an assembly on narcotics that warned about the dangers of heroin and prescription painkillers.But it was one of the world's most widely accepted drugs that kill Broncos primed for another super run 07/21/2014 03:50pm • ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) -- Sacred cows were scarce when Broncos general manager John Elway dug out from the wreckage of that Super Bowl blistering by the Seahawks.Cornerback Champ Bailey, a perennial Pro Bowler and potential Hall of Famer, was sent packing.So wer